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STRATEGIC GOAL 3 Enhance research and innovation
OBJECTIVE
OUTPUT
PERFORMANCE INDICATOR
TARGET
PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES
Active mentoring of young/new researchers
Increase number of research output units (publications and postgraduates)
Percentage increased University-accredited research output
2% from the output of 2018 on the accredited research output
The latest official units for UNIZULU’s research output is for 2018
Following the assessment of research outputs by DHET, UNIZULU attained a total of 212.6885 units
Overall, the 2018 units represent an increase of 20.9185 units from the 191.77 units awarded for the 2017 publications
UNIZULU’s unofficial publication trend for all publications
(books, journals and conference proceedings) in 2019 amounts to 267,3750
Percentage Increase of the number of active researchers
3% from the base of 2018 in number of active researchers
UNIZULU increased its rated researchers from 16 in 2019 to 20 across all faculties in 2020
Engage emerging researchers and support/reward research activity
Faculty research workshop for emerging researchers
Number of research development workshops/ skills development training
Conducted
3 research development workshops
A five-week online training programme was undertaken from 28 September to 28 October 2020
Workshop on fundamentals of grant writing was held on 22-22 and 27-28 August 2020. Two writing retreats were held on 4 August 2020 and 19 October 2020.
Capacity building development, and mentoring to African women academics registered for PhDs
Capacity building, development, and mentoring to African women academics registered for PhDs
Conducted capacity development workshops for African women academics registered for PhDs
1 capacity development workshop conducted
Various capacity development workshops were conducted throughout the year.
Number of faculties that developed a Research Operational Plan
4 faculties
Developed faculty research plans
Provide a supportive learning and teaching environment for UNIZULU Students
Improve the quality of teaching E-learning strategy
Number of faculties conducted academic orientation
Number of faculties implemented E-learning strategy
4 faculties
4 faculties (blended learning report)
All faculties conducted orientation at the beginning of the year
All four faculties implemented e-learning strategies
Training for trainers of Moodle on the use of Znanja (a software used to convert paper-based materials to online materials) conducted
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